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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 02:20 PM
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Just so you know with that"NACA" duct the edges have to be sharp to get the air to roll into the duct and have low resistance. I'm sure yours works, but to work best the transition at the corners need to be 90* bends
Old Oct 23, 2006 | 02:25 PM
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I think this is a case of style compromises performance personally i would go with the one that 13beef has despite the fact of knowing that the other is really better

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Old Oct 23, 2006 | 02:31 PM
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hey anything is better than nothing...if you didn't have a vented head lamp lid you wouldn't care about air flow...even if it only flowed at like 1 CFM it'd still be better than 0...
Old Oct 23, 2006 | 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Hyper4mance2k
Just so you know with that"NACA" duct the edges have to be sharp to get the air to roll into the duct and have low resistance. I'm sure yours works, but to work best the transition at the corners need to be 90* bends
may i ask but what does that do does it forse more air into the motor or is it for looks? i mite be thinking of doing that to my 7. and does any one have some plans on how to make it?
Old Oct 23, 2006 | 06:57 PM
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Well, my vent does work and I think the raised edge at the back is beneficial. To gain any real airflow some sheet metal would need to be removed (not structural) from behind the cover. I looked at putting an actual NACA duct in but couldn't find one short and shallow enough.
Old Oct 23, 2006 | 07:20 PM
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The blue air filter on top of my motor well it is off now but can I put anything on it so I can forse air into my motor. I am thinking of geting a hood scoop or making one so air can be forced into my motor.
Old Oct 23, 2006 | 07:37 PM
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The blue air filter on top of my motor well it is off now but can I put anything on it so I can forse air into my motor. I am thinking of geting a hood scoop or making one so air can be forced into my motor.
forcing air into a carb could lean it out, not cool

cold air is good, forced air is not... unless its forced induction
Old Oct 23, 2006 | 08:21 PM
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but do'snt forsed air into a motor give it alittle horse power?
Old Oct 23, 2006 | 08:32 PM
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but do'snt forsed air into a motor give it alittle horse power?
cold air does

forced air only does when the motor also gets more fuel

I sincerely think you should learn a lot of this stuff before you go any further with your project. I spent a year reading up and learning before I even bought an RX-7.
Old Oct 23, 2006 | 09:24 PM
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not to be an *** but thats a bit much carbon fiber dude
Old Oct 23, 2006 | 10:03 PM
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i just want to say....you have great craftsmanship
Old Oct 23, 2006 | 10:45 PM
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Originally Posted by stevie1020
not to be an *** but thats a bit much carbon fiber dude
I don't mean to be an *** but can you construct a proper sentence?
Old Oct 23, 2006 | 11:11 PM
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I don't mean to be an *** but DAMN nice h/l cover.
Old Oct 24, 2006 | 08:08 AM
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i don't think that there's enough CF stuff ... so now we can actually go to pimp my ride and if we tell them "yo I know this dude out in kangoroo land thats got mad fibers" lol ... jk the more weight reduction the better, and who out there said the that the cheapest way to go faster is weight reduction
Old Nov 13, 2006 | 07:10 PM
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Old Nov 13, 2006 | 07:22 PM
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Holy **** that looks so nice.
Old Nov 13, 2006 | 08:12 PM
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damn it beef, i shot off in muh pants
Old Nov 13, 2006 | 11:16 PM
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Old Nov 13, 2006 | 11:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Tranquil

cold air is good, forced air is not... unless its forced induction

Then it's great! Hows the turbo project going? srry to thread jack...Beefy, did you get my PM with the front bumper project pics?
Old Nov 14, 2006 | 09:11 AM
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holy shizat, that is ever sexier than i thought it would be ... When will you be taking a shot of everything on there at once? I would really like to see how things look. THanks
Old Dec 1, 2010 | 10:13 PM
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Headlight cover

I actually have a fiberglass one already installed. I bought it about 2 years ago from fibremaz. It definitely looks a lot sexier in cf. Not to mention that I want cf everything!!! If I could, I would go for the whole front clip in cf
Cant wait for the website to see all the cf goodies in one spot
Any thoughts on interior parts?
Old Dec 2, 2010 | 12:18 AM
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You'll have to check it out on his website, FM isn't a vendor here anymore.

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